IOSH magazine - Safety, Health and Wellbeing in the world of work

With just one in three disabled people of working age in employment worldwide, employers must do more to maximise the potential of those with disabilities.

Amid heightened concern over new pandemics, Richard Jones CFIOSH suggests better biohazard management, global standards and effective regulation will be fundamental in keeping us all safe.

In this episode, Philip White, director of regulation at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Peter Brown, HSE’s director of engagement and policy, discuss changes in the 50 years since the Roben’s report, managing stress and mental ill health, and how the regulator kept things in proportion during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Firms restructured workforces and management processes during the pandemic, but did it come at the cost of isolating their staff members?

In the latest of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring their risks are well managed, we focus on understanding mental health and wellbeing. 

COVID-19 drove an expedited process towards digitalisation within health and safety over the last 18 months.

Cassandra Barrow GradIOSH describes how the cloud of a COVID redundancy had a silver lining in the shape of an exciting new role at the FA, where she is embracing a broad range of OSH challenges while working to promote diversity and inclusion.

The Institution is calling on businesses to prioritise people as well as planet and profit with its Catch the Wave campaign.

Sofiane Bentahar’s background as a teacher and a translator – and as both an IOSH student and a training provider – has proven invaluable to his OSH career.